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You know how there are some things that you wish you still had?

The only pliers grandpa would wear or buy us were CeeTee's. I've farmed for many years and cussed pliers that wouldn't cut wire or had handles that didn't line up. Well, a couple of days ago I ran to Orscheln Farm store for welding rod and I'll be danged if there weren't CeeTee pliers hanging at the checkout for $6. I snatched them up out of nostalgia and I have to say they are the best pliers I have had in about 30 years. Tight but not binding, cut wire easily, none of that rubber junk on the handles that keeps them from sliding in the pocket of your overalls, and a nice fit and finish with no casting goop that squirted out the crack in the mold and got left there. I'd rather deal with a gimpy pocket knife than sub-par pliers.

I ran back the next day and bought the other pair they had just in case I lose these. I left them in the package and put them in the pliers drawer. Someone will get a brand new set of GOOD pliers at the sale when I am gone!
 
CeeTee is one of the best.Our local Ace hardware regularly stocks CeeTee pliars.However,I got a pair of pliars from Hi-Capacity a couple of years ago for Christmas.Dont know who makes em,though.They are as good,if not better.
 
You know, a few years back I had a pair that I got from my Midland seed dealer that were awesome. They walked off after I had someone help me fix fence. These aren't leaving my side.
 
I had a pair of Wizard brand that belonged to my grandpa. One of my coworkers borrowed them and lost them,he was a little po when I stepped on the Snap On truck and charged to him a new pair. I would rather had mine back.
 
It is funny how something as simple as pliers can be vastly different brand to brand. I will agree that CeeTee pliers are good ones.

I looked the history up and they are a Crescent Trade mark that they started using in 1913.
 
My Dad always insisted on CeeTee's. Then he found 8" CeeTee's!! He kept them real
close!!! He always ground one end of the handles down so it was a screw driver.
I haven't seen any for many years. But all you guys are right...They don't come any better
than CeeTee's. I always carried a pair of side cutters when I worked on balers They worked
for cutting twine. If I had a knife of any sort, I always lost it!!
 
Last summer was needing a pair of pliers. Stopped in at the local to pay my bill and there was a box of 6 inch and a box of 10 inch CeeTee's. Ask the guy what size they sell the most of and he said 10 inch. I have probably lost 15 pairs of CeeTee's over the years.
 
We always called them pinchers,and I'm sure you guys all know why.I remember well those days when Dad would holler go get my pinchers.
 
Plier definition. A tool made to round off small nuts, especially brass fittings. Then pinch the skin when the jaws slip off, and the handles come together making a nice blue blood blister. Stan
 
Cee Tee is the old standard farmer pliers, tried and true. When I worked on fencing during the livestock days I carried exclusively Cee Tee because the flat jaw tip gripped wire better for twisting. Now I use Craftsman because the jaw shape works better on larger round items but I still keep the old Cee Tees around in case I need to twist wire. I don’t think I’ve seen a Cee Tee that will cut small wire like baling wire but maybe it’s because they were used to cut #9 wire too often.
 
I have several pairs of Cee Tees. I pulled a receiver pin with them and set them on the bumper. Yup drove to town and Lost them. Looked up and down the road, no luck. Had others look for me. Still no luck. A few days later as I was driving home. Found them. I?m a happy CTer
 
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when i was a kid, my uncle kept a deep socket on the gear shift on his A. in this socket he kept a pare of pliers. don't know what brand but they were always there.

i was in my mid 30's when he passed away and when his wife sold the tractor, the socket and pliers were still there.

real old school. the A was a 46 model,,the first Farmall sold in Rusk County, Texas after the end of WWII

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Holy cow. After reading the replies thus far I'm really surprised. Been using CeeTee pliers for as long as I can remember. The local/regional farm and garden store near us called Campbell's Supply has always sold them. By the box full. By the bin full.

They work for almost anything but for cutting heavy wire all day I prefer my electrician's pliers. Anyways I'll post a picture of them in the morning if I remember.
 
I carried CeeTee's for several years. They got wore enough they wouldn't cut wire anymore. I bought a new pair and they weren't half as good as the old ones. I could almost squeeze the handles together and they didn't cut wire any better than the old pair I had. I was getting parts at the local JD dealer and found a pair there that are nice. I have no idea who makes them for JD but I still have them.
 
When I was a kid, we all had leather holsters to carry our pliers. I had a really nice pair of CeeTees. Had them where I could flip them in the air and they would slip jaws into the wide position. Could flip them another way and they would go back. Of course, if I was holding something and NEEDED to slip the jaws, it never worked or I didn't catch them! Took them apart and, with a bit of judicious grinding and filing, I could cut twine if it was under tension.
 
They cheapened up Cee Tee pliers back in the late seventies, making the jaws a little bit thinner and prone to breaking at their narrowest spot.

Channellock makes a very good slip-joint plier that looks quite similar to the original Cee Tee.
Channellock slip joint plier
 

Maybe CeeTees are not imported to the east. I have always had Channel Lock water pump type. Most other brands won't take much use before the two sides separate a little and then they collapse when you put the pressure on.
 
Here you go.They are the cats A**
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I carried a pair of CeeTee for about 25 years before they finally gave up the ghost....I bought a new pair, and it wore out within a WEEK! I ran through 5 pairs in less than a year before I found out they were all (except the original) Chinese made. Now I have Wilde, made in Hiawatha, Kansas. They are better than the original CeeTee, as long as you don't get the "flush fastener" type.
 
whaddayh you know. found a pair of CT plyers in my tool box. eight inches of happiness. i finally have a YT approved tool. it is , not surprisingly, my favorite plyers.
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I know I have at least one CeeTee pliers that my Grandpa bought, probably two or three. His standard tool kit in each of his tractors was a 6" and 12" Cresent wrench, straight screwdriver, pliers, and 10" Vice-Grips.
 
I have a couple of pairs.
I always thought CeeTee stood for Crescent Tool.

Mine Say:

CEETEECO
Crescent USA


(The Cs and T are slightly larger but all are in upper Case.
 
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